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Our Library, Our Learning Centre: Book 2

Set them up for life. Our Library, Our Learning Centre is based on the premise that education is about creating lifelong learners. Activities promote Information Age skills with which students can navigate the library, its books and the Internet. This series supports teachers in the systematic delivery and assessment of students' information learning.

Ages: 7-9 | Pages: 44 | Code: 0180 | ISBN: 9781877300691

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Contents

Introduction4
Unit Plan5
1. Your school library: the inside information7
What happens in your library?
Who helps us in our library?
Finding our way around the library
How we use the library
2. Library resources: learning treasures12
What is in your library?
What books are in your library?
Choosing the right book
3. Fiction: the wonderful world of storying15
What do you know about fiction books?
A book with a backbone: the spine label
Finding a fiction book
Getting the picture: picture books
Judging a book by its cover
Fiction allsorts
Writing a fiction book review
Write a fiction book review on your own
Be a fiction writer 1
Be a fiction writer 2
4. Non-fiction: a goldmine of information26
What is non-fiction?
Numbers do make sense: Mr Dewey shows us how.
Working with the numbers
Researching with the Dewey Decimal system
The main parts of a non-fiction book
Your general guide: the contents page
Your detailed guide: the index
Writing a non-fiction book review
5. Computer skills: the library at your fingertips33
Searching on the library computer: an overview
Doing a subject search 1
Doing a subject search 2
Doing a key word search
6. Using the Internet: the world at your fingertips37
Introduction to search engines
Using search engines 1
Using search engines 2
7. Research skills: learning how to learn40
Researching with the index
Researching a topic
Research planning sheet
8. Library skills quiz43
Answers to library skills quiz